Construction software
Buyer’s guides that set out what each vendor sells and what it says about price, and research-based pages on single products. Every claim read on the vendor’s own site, with the date.
Last updated 1 October 2026- Buyer’s guides
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- Product pages
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- Products with a record
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- Print a price
- 18Published price
- Scores, stars or rankings
- None
- Hands-on tested
- NoneResearch only
Two kinds of page live here. A buyer’s guide takes one kind of software and sets out, vendor by vendor, what each product does and where, if anywhere, it states a price. A product page takes one product: its price as the vendor prints it, what its documentation and its users add, and the figures other sites print for it, each checked against the vendor. Nothing is scored, starred or ranked, and nobody at Calcumetryx has used these products, which every page says in its evidence lines. How the pages are made is set out in how we review software.
Buyer’s guides
Construction estimating software
What the estimating products US contractors meet in search are sold to do, sorted by job, and what each vendor prints as a price, with a section for small contractors. No ranking and no “best”.
Read the guideConstruction takeoff software
Eight takeoff tools: what each vendor prints as its price and per what unit, who owns which product, and what each one lets you use for free. Nothing is ranked.
Read the guideEarthwork estimating software
Seven tools US excavation contractors actually meet when shopping, what each one really does, and which of them will tell you a price without a sales call.
Read the guideHeavy civil estimating software
Six estimating products sold to heavy-civil contractors: what each vendor prints as its price and where, which offer a free trial, and what each says about DOT bid files. Nothing is ranked.
Read the guide
Product pages
Pricing and review pages for single products, built from research rather than use. Each opens with five lines saying what it rests on: vendor documentation, pricing, user sentiment, hands-on testing and expert workflow, each Yes or No.
AGTEK pricing and review
AGTEK’s starting figure for a shared key as its own article states it, its training prices and hardware requirements, what users report, and the per-user and $20,000 figures other sites print.
Pricing and reviewHCSS HeavyBid pricing and review
What HCSS states about HeavyBid’s price (a range that covers all of its software), its purchase terms and training prices, what users report, and the unsourced $4,000 figure other sites print.
Pricing and reviewInSite Elevation Pro pricing and review
InSite Elevation Pro’s one published price and its terms, what its help pages and users report, and the figures other sites print, two of which InSite’s own pages contradict.
Pricing and reviewPlanSwift pricing and review
PlanSwift’s two annual plans and 14-day trial as the vendor prints them, what its help center and users report, and the outdated prices other sites still print.
Pricing and reviewTrimble B2W Estimate pricing and review
Trimble’s three B2W Estimate editions with no printed price, two licensing statements on its own pages that point different ways, what users report, and the unsourced figures other sites print.
Pricing and review
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